William George Pye
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William George Pye was born on 27 October 1869 at Battersea
, London
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In 1896 he started a company called W G Pye which manufactured scientific and optical equipment.
The firm prospered during World War One by manufacturing specialist equipment such as gun sights.
After the war new products needed to be found and the company started to manufacture radio parts and eventually a radio.
Harold John Pye
, who was the son of William then joined the firm and helped to develop a new radio which proved so successful that the radio manufacturing side of W G Pye and the rights to the name Pye Radio was bought.
William and Harold continued to operate W G Pye making optical equipment.
World War Two again brought an increase of business until 1947 when Pye Radio approached Harold with a substantial offer that would reunite the radio and optical divisions. The offer was accepted and Harold retired to become a farmer at Burnham on Crouch, Essex
.
William died at Bexhill
, Sussex
on 13 October 1949.
Battersea
Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...
, London
London
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In 1896 he started a company called W G Pye which manufactured scientific and optical equipment.
The firm prospered during World War One by manufacturing specialist equipment such as gun sights.
After the war new products needed to be found and the company started to manufacture radio parts and eventually a radio.
Harold John Pye
Harold John Pye
In 1896 William George Pye started a company called W G Pye which manufactured scientific and optical equipment.The firm prospered during World War One by manufacturing specialist equipment such as gun sights....
, who was the son of William then joined the firm and helped to develop a new radio which proved so successful that the radio manufacturing side of W G Pye and the rights to the name Pye Radio was bought.
William and Harold continued to operate W G Pye making optical equipment.
World War Two again brought an increase of business until 1947 when Pye Radio approached Harold with a substantial offer that would reunite the radio and optical divisions. The offer was accepted and Harold retired to become a farmer at Burnham on Crouch, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
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William died at Bexhill
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
on 13 October 1949.